Answer :
In this question we have to match the options with the correct answers.
The third option - Samuel Johnson is suggesting that it is better for a work to receive a negative response than no response at all is an interpretation of the quote because this options explains the quote.
The second option - Johnson’s sentiment is true because even negative reviews can often trigger in people the desire to read a book or poem is to be matched with B because it is the point of view of a reader.
And the first option - Dr. Johnson, was known for his poetry as well as his essays and biographies. Johnson’s poem “The Vanity of Human Wishes” was largely ignored by his contemporaries, which made him fear invisibility as an author is a fact which makes Dr. Johnson have such a claim.
The correct answer is the first option.